They are spinning thier "achievements" like crazy. I blogged on Turner's claims about CHIP and help for the electric bills of the poor this summer here.
Was it all worth it? Judged by their agenda, the record is decidedly
mixed. Even their harshest critics would have to concede that the
Craddick Ds wrung a few significant victories out of the session—most
notably passage of a bill that should add at least 100,000 kids to the
popular Children’s Health Insurance Program. But neither were they as
successful as they assert. Some of their highest-profile proposals went
nowhere, and they claimed undue credit for achievements on which they
had little input. Finally, it’s unknown whether a different speaker
would have addressed more of the state’s pressing problems. Four months
after the Craddick Ds re-elected a controversial speaker, the wisdom of
their bargain remains an open question.
